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Exercise

letstalk1

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Type of diabetes
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What exercise are you doing daily or so?
 
Lots of walking - at speed wherever possible and weekly walking football. Although over did the ramp up of speed and distance with the walking so now having to take things a bit easier for a few weeks as I developed shin splints.
 
Hi
Walking, pilates (my class is def exercise), circuit traing.
 
Always a mix of weight/resistance training and cardio training six days a week.
Every regime or programme will only last for 8/12 weeks max, then it all gets changed around.
Currently 4 days heavy compound movement weight training ( 5 sets of 10) focusing on 2 body parts per workout, 2 or 3 exercises for each body part.
2 days very light cardio approx 45 min duration.
It will all change in a few weeks and be totally different.
 
I walk 5 miles a day briskly with the dog.
Other than that I am up and down the stairs all day.
Used to run but it makes my hip ache!
I'm thinking of joining a gym to do weights and things.
 
Power walking 1 hour a day really helps the leg varicose veins.
 
letstalk1 said:
What exercise are you doing daily or so?
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I treadmill or ride an exercise bike for 30-40 minutes every morning as soon as I get up.

In the evening: I train for strong man. I train usually 2-4 evenings mid week plus Saturdays and Sundays. I now start each session with a very intense treadmill for 10-12 minutes to get the heart pumping - upto 160 bpm

Then the hard work starts - but it's what I live for.

I usually train for 4-6 weeks and then have a week off - where I don't do any strength work and just spend another 30-4 minutes on the bike or treadmill.


52-53, never really sure, T2, Oct 15, Met time release, diet, and a shed load of exercise. Winning......mostly
 
Jo123 said:
I walk 5 miles a day briskly with the dog.
Other than that I am up and down the stairs all day.
Used to run but it makes my hip ache!
I'm thinking of joining a gym to do weights and things.
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If you have not already done it get that hip checked.
 
covknit said:
If you have not already done it get that hip checked.
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I went to my private chartered physiotherapist who is excellent. She is fairly sure it is a bit of arthritis, I haven't had it xrayed as it is not that bad and she wouldn't give me any different exercises to do if it showed arthritis. If I do my exercises it only hurts when I do a run.
But thank you for your concern

Edited to say that could sound a bit sarcastic, but I don't mean it all like that
 
That is great. Just wanted to make sure you were being looked after.
 
A brisk morning walk round the village (about a mile) at least once a day. 50 mins at the gym (30 mins treadmill, 20 mins legs work) usually 3/4 times a week.
 
About a 2.5 mile cycle too and from work, but it feels like more if cycle into a head wind!
A 7.5 or 8.5 shift as a carer in a residential care home for the physically frail, so lots of walking and stretching.
Zumba and sometimes aqua Zumba, both when work shifts allow.
 
Swim 40 minutes four times per week. not fast but a decent pace.
Walks with the dog three times per day amounts to around 2 hours per day.
Bike ride; short trips to town shopping, about 5 miles there and back around 4 times per week.
 
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